Ureteropelvic junction obstruction with primary lymphoedema associated with variants.

Background: Primary lymphoedema (PL) is a chronic, debilitating disease caused by developmental and functional defects of the lymphatic system. It is marked by an accumulation of interstitial fluid, fat and tissue fibrosis. There is no cure.

Urinary Placental Growth Factor for Prediction of Placental Adverse Outcomes in High-Risk Pregnancies.

Objective: To evaluate whether urinary levels of placental growth factor (PlGF) during pregnancy are associated with the subsequent development of composite adverse outcomes (preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, placental abruption, perinatal death, maternal death) occurring at less than 34 weeks of gestation.

Methods: This is a preplanned ancillary study of the Heparin-Preeclampsia trial, a randomized trial in pregnant women with a history of severe early-onset preeclampsia (less than 34 weeks of gestation). In the parent study, all women were treated with aspirin and then randomized to receive either low-molecular-weight (LMW) heparin or aspirin alone.

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: Comparison of Hemorrhagic and DWI MRI Features.

Background: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) can be associated with primary vasculitis of small/medium-sized leptomeningeal and cortical arteries, called CAA-related inflammation (CAA-ri).

Objective: To compare hemorrhagic and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI features in CAA and CAA-ri.

Methods: We prospectively scored in a consecutive CAA and CAA-ri cohort: presence/number of chronic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), cerebral microbleeds (CMB), and cortical superficial siderosis (CSS) on initial T2*-weighted imaging, and DWI lesions on both initial and follow-up imaging.

Angiogenic Factor Profiles in Pregnant Women With a History of Early-Onset Severe Preeclampsia Receiving Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Prophylaxis.

Objective: To evaluate whether daily low-molecular-weight (LMW) heparin prophylaxis during pregnancy alters profile of circulating angiogenic factors that have been linked with the pathogenesis of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.

Methods: This is a planned ancillary study of the Heparin-Preeclampsia trial, a randomized trial in pregnant women with a history of severe early-onset preeclampsia (less than 34 weeks of gestation). In the parent study, all women were treated with aspirin and then randomized to receive LMW heparin or aspirin alone.

Antiphospholipid antibodies are associated with positive screening for common mental disorders in women with previous pregnancy loss. The NOHA-PSY observational study.

Objectives: Case reports describe neuropsychiatric manifestations associated with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPlAbs). In patients sharing the same symptoms fulfilling the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) clinical criteria, the prevalence of common mental disorders has, however, never been studied.

Methods: We observed women with three consecutive abortions before the 10th week of gestation or one foetal loss at or beyond the 10th week.

Antiphospholid antibodies and the risk of pregnancy complications.

Antiphospholipid antibodies (APLAbs) are generally considered as risk factors for foetal death, for premature birth ≤34weeks due to severe pre-eclampsia or severe placental insufficiency and for recurrent consecutive spontaneous abortions <10weeks. Among these three obstetrical morbidities, only the first one is however not regularly questioned. The coexistence of an inflammatory disease and/or of thrombotic manifestations increases the obstetrical risks.

Obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome: early variations of angiogenic factors are associated with adverse outcomes.

The prognostic value of angiogenic factors in newly pregnant women with obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (oAPS) has not been documented. We observed 513 oAPS who experienced three consecutive spontaneous abortions before the 10 week of gestation or one fetal loss at or beyond the 10 week. We assessed the plasma concentrations of the proangiogenic factor placenta growth factor (PIGF) and of the antiangiogenic factor soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 on the eve and on the 4 day of the low-molecular weight heparin-low-dose aspirin treatment.

Comparative incidence of pregnancy outcomes in treated obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome: the NOH-APS observational study.

The incidence of pregnancy outcomes for women with the purely obstetric form of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) treated with prophylactic low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) plus low-dose aspirin (LDA) has not been documented. We observed women without a history of thrombosis who had experienced 3 consecutive spontaneous abortions before the 10th week of gestation or 1 fetal loss at or beyond the 10th week. We compared the frequencies of complications during new pregnancies between treated women with APS (n = 513; LMWH + LDA) and women negative for antiphospholipid antibodies as controls (n = 791; no treatment).

Comparative incidence of pregnancy outcomes in thrombophilia-positive women from the NOH-APS observational study.

The incidence of pregnancy outcomes in women with constitutive thrombophilia is uncertain. We observed women with no history of thrombotic events (nonthrombotic), who had experienced 3 consecutive spontaneous abortions before the 10th week of gestation or 1 fetal death at or beyond the 10th week of gestation. We compared the frequencies of complications during a new pregnancy attempt among women carrying the F5 rs6025 or F2 rs1799963 polymorphism (n = 279; low-molecular-weight heparin [LMWH] treatment during pregnancy only in case of prior fetal death), and women with negative thrombophilia screening results as control women (n = 796; no treatment).